KITCHEN PREP — VENDREDI · 18 oct 1985
L'Heure Bleue · 219 Bleecker St., NYC · F. Marchand, chef-propriétaire
posted 11:00 a.m. by Y. Soto, sous-chef. crossed through during service.
mise for tonight — 4 turns, ~80 covers, two seatings
garde-manger — Linda
- frisée aux lardons · 80 portions · lardons cut & rendered, croutons fried in the fat
- terrine de campagne — sliced, garnished, ready — check the jelly
- foie de canard, torchon — 60 slices, set in cooler #2
saucier — Hector
- demi from yesterday's bones — REDUCE TODAY, hold in pot #4
- sauce bordelaise for the lamb · 1 qt
- beurre rouge for the bass · 1 qt — start 5:00 p.m.
- gastrique on the side for the duck (per F.M., see his notebook)
poissonnier — Cesar
- striped bass · 8 fillets · portion @ 6 oz
- mussels for the soup · 4 lbs, debearded
rotisseur — Marchand expedites tonight
- racks of lamb · 14 from Pat LaFrieda · trim, frenched, scored · saved fat to Hector
- duck breasts · 12 · score
- saddle of veal · 1 · trussed, set Saturday morning (NOT FOR TONIGHT)
patissier — the kid (last shift; he's done after Saturday)
- tarte tatin · 2, in this morning, hold
- crème caramel · 24 portions, in coolers
- bread sourdough — feed the starter at 2 p.m. AND at 10 p.m. don't forget tonight, it's hungry
plonge — Marco
- tonight + tomorrow morning · double shift · Marco on till 2, Hector to flip the walk-in lock at close
[in grease pencil, slashed across the bottom in Marchand's hand:]
saturday is the dinner for the writers. EVERYTHING for saturday is locked. nobody opens the walk-in past midnight but me. Hector — leave the demi on the warmer, I will fold it down.
[in pen, in another hand, below — Soto's:]
the kid is gone. fired. don't let him in if he tries.
[in pencil, bottom-right corner, unsigned:]
Hector — the foie shorts. tell F. before he counts.